Job Description – Project Manager (Network Infrastructure)
Role: Project Manager – Network Infrastructure
Experience: 8–10 Years
Location: Mumbai
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a multi-country APAC Network Refresh Program involving Cisco and Arista infrastructure modernization. The Project Manager will be responsible for governance, stakeholder management, deployment planning, RAID management, maintenance window coordination, executive reporting, and successful delivery of multiple migration waves.

Key Responsibilities

Project Governance
Establish project governance.
Drive communication plans.
Conduct Steering Committee meetings.
Manage stakeholder expectations.
Maintain RACI Matrix.

Planning
Prepare master project schedule.
Plan migration waves.
Resource planning.
Capacity planning.
Risk-based deployment sequencing.

Delivery Management
Coordinate network engineers.
Track deployment progress.
Ensure milestone completion.
Manage project timeline.
Monitor KPIs.

Change Management
Coordinate CAB approvals.
Schedule maintenance windows.
Track implementation approvals.
Manage production changes.

RAID Management
Maintain and monitor:
Risks
Actions
Issues
Dependencies
Drive timely mitigation and resolution.

Vendor Coordination
Cisco TAC
Arista TAC
Remote Hands
Internal Engineering Teams
Data Center Teams

Reporting
Prepare:




Daily Status Reports
Weekly Governance Reports
Executive Dashboards
Project Health Reports
Wave Completion Reports
Closure Reports

Documentation
Project Plan
Runbooks
Migration Tracker
Fleet Execution Tracker
Lessons Learned
Closure Report

Required Skills

Project Management
Infrastructure Project Delivery
Network Migration Programs
PMO Governance
Waterfall / Agile Delivery
Risk Management
Change Management

Networking Knowledge
Strong understanding of:
Cisco Nexus
Cisco Catalyst
Arista Switches
Data Center Networks
Routing & Switching
Maintenance Windows
Hardware Refresh
Network Migration

Tools
Microsoft Project
Jira
Excel
PowerPoint
ServiceNow
Confluence

Stakeholder Management
Experience working with:
Executive Leadership
Infrastructure Teams
Network Architects
Data Center Teams
OEM Vendors
Global Delivery Teams

Required Experience
8+ years of IT Infrastructure Project Management.
Minimum 5 years managing large Network/Data Center transformation projects.
Experience leading global infrastructure deployments.
Robust governance and executive communication skills.
Experience managing geographically distributed teams and maintenance window execution.

Preferred Certifications
PMP (Preferred)
PRINCE2 (Preferred)
PMI-ACP (Preferred)
ITIL Foundation
CCNA/CCNP (Preferred)

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